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CASA of Los Angeles and
SHARE Inc. hosted their annual
Glamour Gowns event at L.A.
Convention Center. Now in its
9th year, the event provided
300+ young women currently in
the county foster system a formal
gown and accessories for her
prom or special event.
The Glamour Gowns event
created a day of excitement for
the young ladies as they were
paired with personal shoppers
helping guide them through the
hundreds of dresses, shoes, bags
and jewelry that have been generously donated for the event by
individual donors and corporate
partners like Chinese Laundry,
Neutrogena and David's Bridal,
who continue to be ardent supporters of Glamour Gowns.
With the help of these partners,
they are able to provide an opportunity for these young
women to feel great about themselves while allowing them to
participate in a very important
teen-age rite of passage.
CASA volunteers are appointed by the court to represent
the interests of abused and neglected children in juvenile court
to secure a safe, nurturing, permanent home. CASA volunteers are diligent advocates for
the services needed to help each
child become a healthy, productive adult.
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Vanity Fair and Brioni, along
with Oscar-winning filmmaker
Paul Haggis, nominee Lee
Daniels and actor Gerard Butler,
hosted the Artists for Peace and
Justice fundraiser at Bar Nineteen 12 at The Beverly Hills Hotel.
The magazine’s publisher
Edward Menicheschi and Brioni
USA’s Todd Barrato joined guests
Debbie Allen, Kristen Bell,
Maria Bello, Simone and Troy
Garrity, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Hainsberg, John Hamm,
Melora Hardin, Diane Lane, AnnaLynne McCord, Hayden
Panettiere, CCH Pounder, Louise
Roe, Abigail Spencer, Ben Stiller,
Nia Vardalos, Jennifer Westfeldt,
Olivia Wilde and Rick Yune.
Artists for Peace and Justice,
established in early 2009, is a
fundraising effort founded by
Haggis that encourages peace
and social justice and addresses
issues of poverty and disenfranchisement in communities
around the world. The organization's immediate goal is to
build schools serving the poorest
areas of Haiti.
The event raised much
needed awareness and funds for
APJ while also celebrating the
65th anniversary of the fashion
house Brioni, which three years
ago was named the most prestigious men's fashion brand in the
United States in an independent
survey conducted by the Luxury
Institute of New York. The glob-
al luxury lifestyle brand company is managed by Andrea Perrone, president/CEO.
Vanity Fair also joined
forces with The Feed Foundation
and the Hungry in America Project for a funder at Craft in Century City hosted Top Chef’s Tom
Colicchio and CAA Managing
Partner Bryan Lourd.
Colicchio, along with acclaimed L.A. chefs Nancy Silverton and Suzanne Goin, plus
Michael Voltaggion, winner of
Top Chef Season 6, raised
awareness of the cause of
hunger in America for a number
of celebs including David Arquette, Elizabeth Berkley, Lauren and Greg Lauren, Marcia
Cross, Diane Farr, Topher Grace,
Samantha Harris, Jimmy JeanLouis, Nick Lachey, Ali Larter,
Debi Mazar, Katherine McPhee,
Adam Shankman, Josh Stamberg
and Alison Sweeney, Hungry in
America Project filmmakers Lori
Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson
and The Feed Foundation cofounders Ellen Gustafson and
Lauren Bush.
The project is a multi-platform social impact campaign,
centered around the featurelength documentary Hungry In
America by filmmakers Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson, set
to be released early next year.
The Feed Foundation, dedicated to raising
funds to ensure nutritious
school
meals for all children as a first step
to improving the
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GLAMOUR GOWNS–CASA of Los Angeles and SHARE Inc. hosted
the 9th annual Glamour Gowns event at L.A. Convention Center for
young women in the county foster system. Pictured with CASA teen
Melissa (center) are (from left): CASA boardmember Sue Marshall;
and SHARE’s Caryn Mintz, Chairman of the Board Joan Rush, and
Doreen Wallach.
Photo by Melinda Manos
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Angela Missoni, designer
and creative director of the
renowned Missoni fashion
house, hosted a dinner in celebration of the first ever Missoni
Boutique in L.A. She was joined
by daughter Margherita and
niece Jennifer along with
Michelle Alves, Joy Bryant, Jo
Champa, Lily Collins, Angie
Harmon, Rashida Jones, Kidada
Jones, Quincy Jones, Lisa Love,
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the intimate
affair.
In
authentic Italian
style,
the
event brought
together
friends and
family in a
stylish
yet
comfortable
environment.
Guests sipped
on
champagne, caught
up
with
friends, and
browsed the
new
store.
They enjoyed a four course
meal by Wolfgang Puck, beginning with various appetizers and
ending with a chocolate souffle.
After hours of conversation and
laughter, guests left the boutique
with gifted Missoni scarves in
hand.
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Los Angeles Children's
Chorus celebrated the debut
performance of its newest choir,
"Emerging Voices," one of only a
few in the country to serve boy
vocalists with changing voices,
at a special concert and
fundraiser at the home of Antoinette Adams and Frederic Cohen in San Marino.
Steven Komauer conducted
the choir in four works specially
selected to fit the members'
fluctuating vocal ranges, including the Muskogee Indian piece
Hellelujan, Vaga Luna by Vicenzo Bellini, Dona Nobis Pacem,
and an arran- gement of And I'll
Kiss Thee Yet. Several choristers
also gave personal comments
about how important it is for
them to be able to participate in
a choir of this caliber after their
voices change and they can no
longer sing in the children's
choir. Proceeds benefit the
"Emerging Voices" program.
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A Noise Within, the acclaimed repertory company,
wraps three productions– and
its season–in late May, including
Shakespeare's
classic Much
Ado About
Nothing, directed
by
Michael Murray,
which
closes May
21; celebrated Irish playwright John
Millington
Synge's hilarious romantic
comedy The
Playboy Of
The Western
World, which
closes May
22;
and
Awake And
Sing! by Clifford Odets,
which closes
May 23.
Call 818240-0910,
ext. 1 or visit:
www.anoisewithin.org.